Automatic advertising-card.



H. GREEN.

AUTOMATIC ADVERTISING CARD.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 15. I915- Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

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H. GREEN.

AUTOMATIC ADVERTISING CARD.

APPLICATION HLED FEB. 15 1915.

Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

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HERBERT GREEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

AUTOMATIC ADVERTISING-CARD.

Application filed February 15, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, I-Innnnnr GREEN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Automatic Advertising-Cards; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to advertising cards and the primary object ofthe invention is the provision of a card for use upon street cars orother movable bodies for eXhibitive advertising, which cards includemeans controlled by the stopping and starting of the movable body bywhich it is carried for moving parts of the card for increasing theattractiveness of the same.

Another object of this invention is the provision of an advertising cardas specified which has associated therewith a ball which is mounted in atube for rolling from one end of the tube to the other upon the stoppingor starting of the car, for actuating pistons and wires for movingvarious parts of the advertisements.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view this invention consists insuch novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters designate like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:-

Figure 1 is a view showing the application of the improved advertisingcard. Fig. 2 is afront view of the card. Fig. 3 is a rear view of thecard. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the means for operatingthe movable section of the illustration of the card. Fig. 5 is amodified form of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a crosssectional view on the line 66 of Fig. 8. Fig. 7 is a cross sectionalview on the line 7-7 of Fig. 5, and Fig. 8 is a cross sectional view ofa modified form of the advertising card. Fig. 9 is a fragmentarysectional view on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates an advertisingcard, such as is mounted in street cars or other movable Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Slept. 12, 1916.

Serial No. 8,340.

bodies for advertising various products of manufacture, which card hasformed thereon the head and shoulders of a man as is indicated at 2 inFig. 2 of the drawings. The arm of the man is pivoted upon the board 2,as is shown at 4 in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and the hand 5 has a hat 6carried thereby. The hand 5 has a pin 7 secured thereto which pinextends through an arcuate slot 8 formed in the card 1. The pin 7 haswires 9 and 10 secured to the portion thereof which projects upon therear side of the card 1.

The wires 9 and 10 are slidably mounted in guiding tubes 11 and 12,which are secured to the rear sides of the card 1 by straps 13, and havecommunication with the opposite ends of a tube 14. The tube 14 issecured to the rear side of the card 1 by straps 15, and it hasdetachable closing plugs 16 and 17 mounted in the ends thereof. Thewires 9 and 10 extend into the tubes 14 and have pistons 18 and 19secured thereto respectively. The pistons 18 and 19 are slidably mountedwithin the tube, and they are forced toward the closing plugs in theends adjacently to which they are disposed by contacts of a metallicball 20 which is mounted within the tube 14.

In the operation of the improved advertising card heretofore describedwhen the car or movable body which carries the card 1 stops, the ball 20will be forced forwardly within the tube 14 and engage the piston 19,forcing it toward the plug 17 and consequently operating the wire 10longitudinally within the tube 12 and forcing the hand 5 and the pin 7upwardly causing the hat 6 to be placed upon the head of the man. Whenthe car or vehicle starts, the ball 20 will roll rearwardly within thetube and engage the piston 18, forcing this piston toward the closingplug 16 and operating the pin 7 and the hand 5 for removing the hat fromthe mans head. The forcing of the piston 18 toward the plug 16 will pushthe piston 19 forwardly within the tube positioning it away from theplug 17 and in a position for actuation by the ball 20 upon the rearwardrolling movement of the same.

Any suitableillustrative character may be used upon the card withoutdeparting from the spirit of this invention, and it may have any partthereof movable, this feature being left to the discretion of the personmanufacturing the device.

In Figs. 5 and 7 is shown a modified form, wherein the tubes 30 and 31through which the wires 9 and 10 travel are formed integrally with caps32 and 33. The caps 32 and 33 are mounted upon the exterior of the endsof'the tube 14:. The tube 14 is provided with a slot 3% formed therein,through which slot projects the pointer or indicating hand 35. Thepointer or indicating hand 35 has its indicating end 36 thereof insertedthrough the card 11 and bent for lying in abutment with the face of thecard 11. The end of the indicating hand 35 which is mounted within thetube 14 has two enlarged members 37 and 38 formed thereon, between whichis positioned the ball 20. The indicator 35 is moved longitudinallyalong the card 1 by the rolling of the ball 20 within the tube formovement to various characters inscribed upon the face of the card 11.

In Fig. 8 of the drawings another modified form of the invention isshown, which embodies an advertising card 40 which has its lower endrolled upon itself as is shown at 41, for providing a tube in which theball is mounted. This view also shows an embossed gutter 4 2 formed inthe card 40 for receiving the wires which control the movable parts ofthe advertising card.

From the foregoing description taken in. connection with theaccompanying drawings the advantages of the construction and of themethod of operation of the improved automatic advertising card will bereadily apparent to those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains and, while in the foregoing description, the principle of theoperation of this invention has been described together with variousfeatures of construction, it is to be understood that certain minorfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may bealtered to suit practical conditions provided such alterations arecomprehended within the scope of what is claimed.

WVhat is claimed is 1. The combination with a movable body, of anadvertising card structure embodying an advertising card, a characterimprinted on said card, a member movably connected to said card, saidmember forming a section of said character, a tube connected to the rearside of said card, pistons mounted with in said tube, wires leading fromsaid pistons operatively connected to said. movable part of saidcharacter, and means for moving said piston within said tube foractuating said movable part of said character upon the starting orstopping of said movable body.

2. The combination with a movable body, of an advertising card structureembodying an advertising card, a character imprinted on said card, amember movably connected to the card, said member forming av section ofsaid character, a tube connected to the rear side of said card, pistonsmounted with in said tube, wires leading from said piston andoperatively connected to the movable part of said character, a ballmounted within said tube and adapted to alternately engage said pistonsfor moving said wires in diiierent directions for operating said m0vableparts. I

3. The combination with a movable body, of an advertising card structureembodying an advertising card, a character imprinted on said card, amember movably connected to the card, said member forming a part of saidcharacter, a tube connected to the rear side of the card, pistonsmounted within said tube, wires leading from said pistons andoperatively connected to the movable part of said character, a ballmounted with in said tube and adapted for alternately engaging saidpistons for moving said wires in different directions for operating saidmovable part, an indicating hand, a portion of said hand projecting intosaid tube, an enlargement formed upon a portion of said hand which ispositioned in said tube, said enlargement positioned in the path of saidball for moving the hand upon movement of the ball.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BERT GREEN.

\Vitnesses:

PAUL Honvrnn, JAMES F. HART.

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